LOWER DIR: At least four people including a policeman and Levies official were killed and three others including an MPA got injured in a gun attack in Lower Dir area on Saturday.
Unidentified persons carried out the attack in Tehsil Lal Qila’s Maidan area, which left Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) MPA Malik Liaquat Ali’s brother, nephew and two security officials dead, police said.
Whereas, the injured have been shifted to Peshawar for medical treatment, police said. They said huge contingent of police had reached at the site of the incident and carried out search operation.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Mahmood Khan condemned the incident and sought a report from the KP inspector general of police. He directed police to immediately arrest the perpetrators.
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He condoled over the deaths and prayed for recovery of the injured MPA and his acquaintances.
On July 15, a soldier was martyred as the Pakistan Army continued its operation in Ziarat area Balochistan after the martyrdom of Lieutenant Colonel Laiq Baig Mirza.
Lt Col Laiq Baig was martyred after being abducted and shot by terrorists in Ziarat area of Balochistan. The army had launched an operation in Harnai to recover his cousin Omer Javed who was also kidnapped with him.
According to the latest statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations, during the recovery operation in Ziarat area, on night of July 14, a terrorist hideout was identified and cleared by security forces near Khost in the Khalifat mountains.
The military press wing had said the encircled terrorists opened fire on the closing-in troops which resulted in the martyrdom of Havaldar Khan Muhammad.
During the follow-up clearance operation, five terrorists of the proscribed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) were killed in the ensuing heavy exchange of fire.
